Derek Chauvin for the murder of
George Floyd – is defending his attendance at a Washington, D.C. event where he was wearing a Black Lives Matter t-shirt. And now, Derek Chauvin’s lawyer is requesting a new trial. More inside…
A photo of one of the jurors on the
Derek Chauvin murder trial wearing a Black Lives Matter t-shirt went viral. Now, Derek Chauvin’s lawyer is requesting a new trial.
Juror #52
Brandon Mitchell is the first juror from the Derek Chauvin murder trial to speak out publicly and now he’s all wrapped up in drama. The 31-year-old black man was pictured wearing a t-shirt with Martin Luther King Jr. face on it and the phrases “Get your knee off our neck” and “BLM.” Also, the hat he was waring read “Black Lives Matter.”
Chauvin files for new trial, faulting judge, prosecution Attorney contends that Cahill failed to sequester jury, among other errors.
By Paul Walsh, CHAO XIONG and Paul Walsh and Star Tribune writers May 4, 2021 5:28pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Derek Chauvin should receive a new trial in the murder of George Floyd because of prosecutorial misconduct, judicial error and impropriety by jurors, an attorney for the former Minneapolis police officer argued in a new filing.
Motions filed Tuesday by defense attorney Eric Nelson focused heavily on several alleged missteps by Hennepin County District Judge Peter Cahill, who presided over the six-week trial, and also requested an unusual hearing to vet jurors conduct during trial and deliberations.
Derek Chauvin “an aggravated sentence” for the murder of
George Floyd in a court filing on Friday (April 30).
Keith Ellison, attorneys requested Hennepin County District Judge
Peter Cahill to weigh five “aggravating factors” in Chauvin’s sentence beyond the usual range.
Those five factors are: Chauvin’s abuse of power, the presence of children when the murder took place, Chauvin’s “particular cruelty,” Floyd’s vulnerability, and the other officers who “actively participated in the crime.”
Floyd’s vulnerability, Ellison wrote, was due to the prone position Chauvin and the other three officers had Floyd in while he was handcuffed. “Defendant was trained that this position posed a significant risk of positional asphyxia,” the court document states. Chauvin knelt into Floyd’s neck for over nine minutes while Floyd “exclaimed 27 times that he could not breathe, and even as Mr. Floyd said that Defendant s actions were killing him,” Ellison w
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Prosecutors seek longer sentence for Derek Chauvin
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Sheridan Lair of Minneapolis, Minn., holds up a sign as she protests in front of the site of the Derek Chauvin murder trial at the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis on April 19. Photo by Jemal Countess/UPI | License Photo
Protestors and local residents gather at the George Floyd memorial at the corner of Chicago Avenue and 38th Street, the site of the murder of Floyd, to hear the verdict announcement following jury deliberations in the Derek Chauvin trial in Minneapolis, Minn., April 20. Photo by Jemal Countess/UPI | License Photo
Protestors and local residents gather at the George Floyd memorial at the corner of Chicago Avenue and 38th Street, the site of the murder of Floyd, to hear the verdict announcement following jury deliberations in the Derek Chauvin trial in Minneapolis, Minn., April 20. Photo by Jemal Countess/UPI